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DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION

Durgapur thermal power plant

A Summer Internship Report

Submitted for CAL in B. Tech Industrial Internship by:

Pratik patel(16bme1264)

School of Mechanical and Building Sciences

Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
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Certificate

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ABSTRACT

DTPS was set up in the sixties of last century with two 75 MW units and one 140 MW unit in the
first stage. Another 210 MW unit was added to the plant in the early eighties to augment supplies
to the growing industrial demand. The first 2 units of the Station had to be de-commissioned after
a fire accident in 1985.

U#3 has ABL make boilers and GE make turbine-generators, while U#4 has boiler, turbine and
generator are of BHEL make.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank DVC DURGAPUR THERMAL POWER PLANT for giving me an opportunity to
work with them for a month.

I sincerely would like to thank the SVRB Murthy(senior engineer) and mr. Sanjeev mandal( departnment
head) .He always took time out of his busy schedule to guide me in technical matters.

I would like to thank the numerous employees of the company whose clarity of concepts and ability to solve
problems is proverbial.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS

Unit No Brief Description Page No

1 Introduction 1
2 Theory of Work 6
3 Individual’s Contribution 21
4 Conclusion 23
5 References 24
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The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a governmental organization which operates

several power stations in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India.
The corporation operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the Ministry
of Power, Govt of India. DVC is headquartered in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

DVC emerged as a culmination of attempts made over a whole century to control the wild and
erratic Damodar River. The valley has been ravaged frequently by floods at varying intensities.
Serious floods occurred in 1730, 1823, 1848, 1856, 1882, 1898, 1901, 1916, 1923, 1935 & 1943.
The river spans over an area of 25,235 sq. km covering the states of Bihar (now Jharkhand) &
West Bengal. The catastrophe caused by the 1943 flood, led to serious public indignation gainst
the Government. As a result, the Government of Bengal appointed a board of Enquiry titled
"Damodar Flood Enquiry Committee"with the Maharaja of Burdwan and the noted physicist Dr.
Meghnad Saha as members for suggesting remedial measures.
The Damodar Flood Enquiry Committee suggested creation of an authority similar to the
Tennessee Valley Authority in the USA, and recommended the construction of dams and storage
reservoirs at the sites with a total capacity of 1.5 millions acre ft. (1.850 millions cu. M) and
highlighted the possibilities of multipurpose development in the valley area. The Govt. of India then
commissioned the ‘Central Technical Power Board’ to study the proposal and appointed Mr. W L
Voorduin, a senior engineer of the TVA to study the problem at the Damodar and to make his
recommendation for comprehensive development of the valley. Accordingly, in August, 1944 Mr.
Voorduin submitted his ‘Preliminary Memorandum on the unified Development of the Damodar
River.’
Mr. Voorduin's "Preliminary Memorandum" suggested a multipurpose development plan designed
for achieving flood control, irrigation, power generation and navigation in the Damodar Valley. Four
consultants appointed by the Government of India examined it. They also approved the main
technical features of Voorduin's scheme and recommended early initiation of construction
beginning with Tilaiya to be followed by Maithon. By April 1947, full agreement was practically
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reached between the three Governments of Central, West Bengal and Bihar on the
implementation of the scheme and in March 1948, the Damodar Valley Corporation Act (Act No.
XIV of 1948) was passed by the Central Legislature, requiring the three Governments, The Central
Government and the State Governments of West Bengal and Bihar (now Jharkhand) to participate
jointly for the purpose of building the Damodar Valley Corporation. The Corporation came into
existence on 7 July 1948 as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.
Command area: 24,235 km2 spread across the Damodar basin. Jharkhand: 2 districts fully
(Dhanbad and Bokaro) and parts of 8 districts (Hazaribagh, Koderma, Chatra, Palamau,
Ranchi,Revanth Loherdaga, Giridih and Dumka) West Bengal: 5 districts (Bardhhaman, Hoogly,
Howrah, Bankura, Purulia)
The Damodar Valley Corporation has been generating and transmitting power since 1953. [citation
needed]

DVC plants[edit]

Thermal Plants (coal based)[2][3]

Installed
Power Plant Name State Capacity Remarks
in MW

Mejia Thermal Power West

2,340
Station Bengal

Raghunathpur Thermal West

1,200
Power Station Bengal

Owned by Maithon Power Limited a

Maithon Power Limited Jharkhand 1,050 joint venture between
DVC and Tata Power [4]

Durgapur Steel Thermal West

1,000
Power Station Bengal

Koderma Thermal Power

Jharkhand 1,000
Station

Chandrapura Thermal
Jharkhand 500
Power Station

Bokaro Thermal Power

Jharkhand 630
Station - B
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Thermal Plants (coal based)[2][3]

Installed
Power Plant Name State Capacity Remarks
in MW

Bokaro Thermal Power

Jharkhand 500
Station - A

Durgapur Thermal Power West

210
Station Bengal

Owned by Bokaro Power Supply

Corporation Limited (BPSCL)
BPSCL Power Plant Jharkhand 338
a joint venture between DVC and
Bokaro Steel Limited [5]

Total 8768

Hydel-Power Plants[2][3]

Installed Capacity
Power Plant Name State
in MW

Panchet Dam Jharkhand 80

Maithon Dam Jharkhand 63.2

Tilaiya Dam Jharkhand 4

Total 147
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Infrastructure[edit]

DVC - Corporate office building at Kolkata - VIP Road

DVC developed and expanded its infrastructure to six thermal power stations'(7410 MW)'and three
hydro-electric power stations with a capacity of 147.2 MW which contribute to a total installed
capacity of 7557.2 MW. Presently DVC has 49 sub-stations and receiving stations more than
8900-circuit km of transmission and distribution lines. DVC has also four dams, a barrage
and a network of canals (2494 km) that play an effective role in water management. The
construction of check dams, development of forests and farms and upland and wasteland
treatment developed by DVC play a vital role in eco conservation and environment management.

Water Management Overview

DVC has a network of four dams - Tilaiya and Maithon on Barakar River, Panchet on Damodar
river and Konar on Konar river. Besides, Durgapur barrage and the canal network, handed over to
Government of West Bengal in 1964, remained a part of the total system of water management.
DVC dams are capable of moderating floods of 6.51 lac cusec to 2.5 lac cusecs.
Four multipurpose dams were constructed during the period 1948 to 1959.

 Maithon Dam
 Panchet Dam
 Tilaiya Dam
 Konar Dam
Flood reserve capacity of 1,292 mcm has been provided in 4 reservoirs, which can moderate a
peak flood of 18,395 cumec to a safe carrying capacity of 7,076 cumec. 419 mcm of water is
stored in the 4 DVC reservoirs to supply 680 cusec of water to meet industrial, municipal and
domestic requirements in West Bengal & Jharkhand. The Durgapur barrage on river Damodar was
constructed in 1955 for supply of irrigation water to the districts of Burdwan, Bankura & Hooghly.

 Irrigation Command Area (Gross): 569,000 hectares (5,690 km2)

 Irrigation Potential Created: 364,000 hectares (3,640 km2)
 Canals: 2,494 km (1,550 mi)
30,000 hectares (300 km2) of land in the upper valley is being irrigated, every year by lift irrigation
with the water available from 16,000 (approx) check dams constructed by DVC.
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Joint venture projects

Maithon Power Limited
A joint venture company by DVC and Tata Power has been formed to implement 1,050 MW
Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Project for meeting the energy needs of power deficient
regions on export basis.
Bokaro Power Supply Corporation Limited (BPSCL)
A joint venture of DVC and SAIL has been established to operate and maintain the captive power
and steam generation plant, hived off by SAIL and its Bokaro Steel Plant and supply power and
steam exclusively to Bokaro Steel Ltd.
DVC EMTA Coal Mines Limited
A joint venture company formed with Eastern Minerals & Trading Agency for development and
operation of Captive Coal Mine Blocks and supply of coal exclusively to DVC Thermal Power
Projects of 10th and 11th plan.
Mining & Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC)
The Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC) in Durgapur —one of the PSU's in India set
up under the rupee-rouble agreement and enjoying Soviet patronage in the early sixties. Bharat
Earth Movers has the highest stake (48%) in the consortium while the other two PSUs — DVC and
Coal India — have 26% stake each.

Co
nclusion

During the internship in Durgapur thermal power station I learnt how an different thermo
cycles are used to design a power plant.The variety of materials and new and advanced
manufacturing technologies which can be used to increase efficiency of the power plant.How
different components are used and how to operate the machines.The common problems
faced in an industry and how to deal with it.
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Reference

1. www.hal-india.com

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Aeronautics_Limited

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk

4. http://aermech.in/hal-hawk-mk-132-bae-hawkadvanced-jet-trainer-ajt-indian-
armed-forces/
5. http://www.experimentalaircraft.info/articles/aircraft-construction

6. http://www.tejas.gov.in/
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